Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

This blog post is the first in a series where participating districts share why they are committed to providing maker learning opportunities to their students. Maker learning is more than just making “stuff.” NCASD students have joined the maker movement, and they are doing more than just making “stuff.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. How to Teach Coding in the Elementary Grades with Sam Patterson. But if I’m teaching how to use Scratch Jr., app is designed to help people learn how to use it. And then I’ll figure out in a week, between Day 1 and Day 2, how to do everything for Day 2.”.

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User Generated Education

MAY 20, 2015

The maker movement and maker education, in my perspective, are such great initiatives – really in line with what student-centric education should be in this era of formal and informal learning. The two I discuss in this post are: Maker movement initiatives are often driven by more affluent white males.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 3, 2016

Often it is quite difficult to generate enthusiasm in young people regarding scientific disciplines when all you have is a textbook as a resource. The Maker Movement In Education. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Incorporate Technology. 5 lesson plans on science.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 31, 2014

Maker Movement 20% Time Genius Hour The idea of students looking away from ridged content focus all throughout the school day and giving them back some time to explore and make is gaining a foothold in many classrooms. So what is a maker space? Here are some great resources I''ve found. First, Maker Spaces.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

How can I motivate teachers in my district to introduce making to their students? What are examples of maker learning projects in my subject area? As the maker movement continues to expand, more and more educators are asking these questions. Want to bring together educators in your community around maker learning?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

” e The post How to Use Metaverse: Awesome Augmented Reality and New Features appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Welcome to number two in a series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources for STEM education. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts of STEM being a Verb a few posts back, along with the 40 resources geared toward STEM Science in the last pos t. Technology – STEM Resources. This post is dedicated to Technology.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Maker Learning. The maker movement, a technological, creative and design-focused learning revolution, is revitalizing classrooms with hands-on STEM education. Educators can use the lessons of maker learning to enhance student-centered teaching practices.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

Building a Makerspace Culture to Support Standards and Learning … 10 Ideas and 16 Resources. Take a moment to contemplate what it would be like if every school had a Maker Culture and it was part of the school curriculum. I also invite you to discover some amazing resources that might fit into your Maker culture.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 29, 2019

I believe and include in the bio I share for conference presentations and PD consults that one of the major responsibilities of the modern day educator is to share resources, learning activities, thoughts, and insights with other educators. I had a book on maker education published by ASCD. I really love the maker movement.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Integrating with the Maker Movement. Districts are also finding a natural integration between computational thinking and maker learning. The district has also held coding nights where parents learned how to code along with students. These efforts excite students and provide them pathways to further develop their passions.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

This micro-credential focuses on how Future Ready Librarians “encourage and facilitate students to become increasingly self-directed as they create digital products of their learning that engage them in critical thinking, collaboration, and authentic real-world problem solving.” With teacher librarians across the U.S.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But it nonetheless embodies what Dale Dougherty, the “father” of the movement, sees as literally the “moral imperative” of the maker movement: “to use our creative freedom to make the future better, to be hands-on in making change, and to get everyone participating fully in that future.”. Free to Make ($11.50

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Understand how to start and run an organization. Entrepreneurial education was quite the buzzword in 2008/09, as educators grappled with how to prepare young people for economic meltdowns. Try some of these resources to boost your entrepreneurial education modules, try also exploring the Maker Movement.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 18, 2016

Welcome to this fifth post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. You will discover around one hundred resources in this series along with some great ideas for finding student success. 35 Resources For Makerspace.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 8, 2020

I’ve uploaded these resources to the Adobe Education Exchange, a fantastic resource for educators looking to use Adobe products in the classroom. They are uploaded to Adobe Education Exchange and make a perfect 16-day unit that you can adapt for your class. Sponsored by Adobe.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 1, 2021

Stay in the Boat has been the top book off and on since Sunday in its category, so I thought I’d share a little bit about the book and the tools and resources that helped us create it. Successful Self Publishing: How to self-publish and market your book by JoAnna Penn has been my self-publishing guidebook. Why Write a Book?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

“I think there is a great partnership possible between the Maker movement and California’s community colleges,” says Dale Dougherty, Founder and CEO of. Maker Media. This movement brings tremendous opportunities to students who discover a passion for learning and meet the challenges of turning new ideas into something real.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

Using Games, Play + Digital Media To Build Your Own Maker Culture – If you are going to be at ISTE in Denver this summer be sure to stop by this session. Quotes…Ideas… Resources for Genuine Learning. Please enjoy both the journey, ideas, reflection, metacognition, and resources. Resources for Nouns (facts).

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 10, 2016

Here’s insight on how this works. You’ll get great blog posts, how-to articles and information here that you can get in your RSS reader. See How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.). 3 – Learn How to Take Epic Pics with your Phone. 4 – Learn How to Sketchnote.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2016

The report offers a glimpse of the emerging findings of AbD’s multiyear research initiative, exploring the promises, practices, and pedagogies of maker-centered learning. Each two-page routine includes tips and suggestions on how to get started. offer more maker-related professional development experiences for educators.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Kelly Schuster-Paredes and Sean Tibor host the Teaching Python Podcast where they share how to help kids of all ages learn this valuable language. Here are a few… Teaching Python Resources Mentioned in this Show. We can start teaching the second most popular coding language – Python – in our schools. kellypared.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. They were in this world together, and they basically – it was a simulated world – had to learn to work together on how to survive Mars. They were given a basic structure of being able to live with some food and resources and stuff. It has resources. Enhanced Transcript.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Furthermore, we share how to design lessons with a personal interest to engage students who struggle to engage. Related Resources – Augmented Reality. In today’s show Mitchell Weisburg, cofounder of the nonprofit Games4Ed, shares pedagogical best practices for using augmented reality in the classroom. Subscribe to the Show.

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The Daring Librarian

APRIL 13, 2019

You can take baby steps into the Maker Movement. I'm not 100% sold, even after 7 years of talking about the Maker Movement, that it's something that's here to stay and not just a fad. Big or small, lavish or little, it's all about the maker mindset. Now.having said that. WARNING: Controversial Opinion Ahead.

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Educator Innovator

JULY 17, 2017

For the past 17 years, Techbridge Girls has been working to break down barriers that often keep young women, particularly those of color from low-income communities, out of STEM careers and the maker movement. If our girls are excited about lip balm, we teach them how to make lip balm through the lens of chemical engineering.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 10, 2016

Here’s insight on how this works. You’ll get great blog posts, how-to articles and information here that you can get in your RSS reader. See How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.). 3 – Learn How to Take Epic Pics with your Phone. 4 – Learn How to Sketchnote.

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 1, 2016

Educators problem-solve the complexities of introducing a new concept to students by participating in new workshops centered around STEAM and maker movement practices. Cole then facilitated discussion about how individual educators might use paper circuitry in an instructional unit to enhance their students’ learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

First… I hope you enjoyed the over 150 STEM Resources in the last few posts. In the space below I have posted my contribution to FETC and promise you will walk away with some amazing ideas, resources, strategies, and future collaborators. I also have also provided those over 150 STEM Resources. January 27 – 30.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

With those experiences in mind, we started paying more attention to the Maker Movement and came to the conclusion that having a Maker Space in our classroom would be a perfect catalyst for developing problem solving skills with our students. What Makerspace resources do you recommend? Questions for Cheryl and Wendy?

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The Principal of Change

JULY 17, 2017

He has spent the last two months interviewing experts throughout the maker movement with the goal of creating a self-paced course for anyone who wants to design a makerspace. Curated resources? A set of five complete makerspace projects, unit plans, and resources you can use from day one? She had a maker mindset.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Other Resources: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom. How did you do that?” They were just totally engrossed in learning how to use the cube, just exploring all the depths of it. They had to tell what they learned about how to use it. You can locate her resources at [link]. We can do that.”.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Some makerspace activities may be focusing on how to use the resources available and may not be connecting the activities to the curriculum or around a real world problem. The educator can assist learners in the interview process including how to develop interview questions. Video Game Design with Elementary Learners.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Another person in our classroom really wanted to learn how to speak Spanish. They’ve even admitted, “I’m not finding very much information” or “I need some more resources.” You said they are figuring out how to use math in their passion projects. I was blown away by the topics they were wondering about. I’m like, “What?!”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Jacqui Murray shares how we can encourage an improvement in writing using technology. These creative ways will help you think about how to help children, particularly those who struggle with handwriting and typing. She’s a fantastic resource. You can find her resources at Structured Learning ( [link] ). Bio as submitted.

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Halverson and Sheridan tease out the complex nature of the maker movement in education (2014). They define it through three lenses: “making as a set of activities, makerspaces as communities of practice, and makers as identities of participation” (501). How to make almost anything: The digital fabrication revolution.

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